Fluid and Elecrtolyte Balance
Plays a vital role in homeostasis in the body.
What are Electrolytes?
The most common type of dehydration?
What is isotonic/isonatremic dehydration?
Which equates to hypovolemia, the loss of water and solutes existing in the blood plasma
Fluid output that exceeds the fluid intake; the body loses both water and electrolytes from the extracellular fluid at the same rate
What is fluid volume deficit? or hypovolemia
Filters blood and adjusts the amount of fluids in the body.
What are the kidneys?
The most serious electrolyte disturbances involve these three electrolytes.
What are Potassium, Sodium and/or Calcium?
Dehydration where intravascular water shifts to the extravascular space and exaggerates the intravascular volume depletion for the given amount of total body loss.
What is hypotonic dehydration?
Common Sources of fluid loss?
What is the GI tract, polyuria and increased perspiration?
Regulates sodium and potassium levels and maintains the pH level by excreting or maintaining hydrogen ions and bicarbonate.
What is the kidneys?
The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a stable equilibrium.
What is homeostasis?
A complication that can occur in hypotonic and hypertonic states.
What are neurological complications like seizures or cerebral edema?
Risk factors for fluid volume deficit (FVD).
What are vomiting, diahhrrea, GI suctioning, sweating, decreased intake, nausea, inability to gain access to fluids, ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY, osmotic diuresis, burns, ASCITES, liver dysfunction, hemorrhage, third space fluid shifts
Responsible for manufacturing the hormone erythropoietin.
What are the kidneys?
The most common cause of electrolyte imbalance.
What is renal failure?
Severe cases of dehydration are corrected by.,,
What is oral or Intravenous rehydration therapy?
These patients are more likely to develop fluid imbalances.
Who are the elderly?
Regulates CO2 and as a result O2 and CO2 gas exchange at the alveolar capillary beds, thus influencing the acid-base balance.
What are the lungs?
The three types of dehydration.
What are Hypotonic or hyponatremic:(primarily loss of NA),
Hypertonic or hypernatremic (Primarily loss of water)
Isotonic or isonatremic (an equal loss of water and electrolytes
The solutions that must be used for IV rehydration.
What are isotonic or hypotonic?
Treat underlying disorder, return extracellular fluid compartment to normal, to restore fluid volume and to correct electrolyte imbalances.
What is the goal of management for dehydration.?
Secretes aldosterone when the body's BP becomes low resulting in sodium retention (leading to water retention) thereby increasing BP and potassium excretion to maintain homeostasis.
What are the adrenal glands?